Originally Posted by
fat0ninja
Nah, normal w/l doesn't mean anything because it counts from when you first made your account. For example, I have 340 wins to 371 losses, but I'm better than my friend, who's at 1100 elo and has a positive w/l ratio.
It's a rough estimate based off of trying to discern normal elo and assuming it transfers over to ranked elo.
It holds a small kernel of truth, due to the fact most of your experience comes from playing at a lower normal elo than somebody who would have an even number of wins and losses, which would mean you play ranked with a little bit less experienced play, in theory at least. Again, exceptions occur, and it's not entirely accurate.
Originally Posted by
Chreeys
So if you're a poor player just search for a dou partner who's on the same elo as you but a better player, 'cause now you have that one "good player" who'll carry the game and you have a better chance to raise your elo. I know this tip isn't new but its simply the truth.
Mathematically, it also improves your odds of not having another feeding/trolling teammate on your team, as it's now 3 slots for your team to have a feeder/troll and 5 for the enemy, so your odds should improve to 5 wins for every 8 games.
Originally Posted by
Przero
lol
lolololololol
omglolololololololol no
my elo's around 1240 and i have over 70 more losses then wins. G FOOKING G (<3 you oracle)
lol, i support as an ad carry while you take all my potential kills by coming down from mid... we should do that again.
<3
Like I mentioned above, it's a rough estimate by comparing normal elo to ranked elo.
Though I would mention that every account I've had, even my first account, had 60+ more wins than losses when I last played them. Bad early starts don't dictate your final w/l in the long run. After all, 20, or even 50 games to understand how to play will get overlapped eventually by as many other games you play. 50 consecutive losses can be fixed when you've played over a 1000 games. It means out of 950 games, you only need to win 500 out of the 950 to come out even, or 10 out of 19 games, which is by no means difficult.